Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Green Bay, WI

March 27, 1991Dane County, Green County, Iowa County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1991, 1:07 PM CST for Dane County, Green County, Iowa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 1991, 1:07 PM CST (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1991, 1:45 PM CST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dane County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 27, 1:20 PM CSTHail 2Green, WI
Mar 27, 1:50 PM CSTTornado F2Green, WI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 217 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1991-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1991-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 11:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDane40 min
Mar 27, 1:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaushara35 min
Mar 27, 1:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDane49 min
Mar 27, 1:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBRock43 min
Mar 27, 2:04 PM CSTTornado WarningGRBDane, Rock41 min
Mar 27, 2:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Outagamie44 min
Mar 27, 2:30 PM CSTTornado WarningGRBBrown, Outagamie30 min
Mar 27, 2:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBManitowoc47 min
Mar 27, 2:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBCalumet22 min
Mar 27, 3:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBGreen Lake, Marquette, Waushara37 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.